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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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